Information To Every One (i2e1)


i2e1 is one of the largest Wi-Fi management companies based in India with 8-10% market share of the Wi-Fi industry. The company was incubated by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. The Board of Directors of the company include Satyam Darmora, Siddharth Nautiyal, and Brijesh Damodaran.
The company's core offerings are: Wi-Fi management solutions, Wi-Fi based retail analytics, and proximity marketing for offline merchants.

Background

In 2017, the company had approximately 10,000 Wi-Fi hot-spots in 52 cities across India. i2e1 is a dominant player in providing Analytics for offline businesses.
Along with providing Analytics Solution to Offline Retail Industry, the company has positioned itself as a low-cost internet model for Indian masses. i2e1 was a part of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India initiative of Public Open Wi-Fi Pilot Project from December 2017 – Mar 2018. During the Pilot, the company installed Fully-Sponsored Wi-Fi access at 157 locations and demonstrated a low cost and inter-operable Wi-Fi model. This model is expected to catalyze Public Wi-Fi ecosystem in India and the Government expects 100,000 hot-spots within 3 months of launch.

History

i2e1 was founded in February 2015 by . The company has 5 Co-Founders , , , and . Most of the founders are graduate from Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management.

Funding

i2e1 raised seed round funding of $500,000 in December 2015 by growX ventures and 3One4 capital. In Nov 2017, the company raised 2nd round funding of $3 million by Omidyar Network, Auxano Ventures and 3one4 capital SGAN is also an investor in the company.

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